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and numerous lines extending in all directions to the sup¬ 
porting spears of grass (Fig. 33). The tube serves as a 
hiding-place for the owner of the web; from this retreat the 
spider runs out on the upper surface of the web to seize any 
insect that alights upon it. The tubes open below, near the 
roots of the grass; so that the spider can escape from it if 
a too formidable insect comes upon the web. 
The funnel-web weavers (family Agalenidce) are long- 
legged, brown spiders, in which the head part of thecephalo- 
thorax is higher than the thoracic part, and distinctly 
separated from it by grooves or 
marks at the sides. The eyes 
are usually in two rows, but 
in Agalena the middle eyes of 
0 . . . , , Fig. 34 .—A galena neevia. 
both rows are much higher than 
the others. The feet have three claws. The posterior pair 
